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The McKinney (TX) Fire Department Wednesday opened its Station 11, located in the Craig Ranch area.

At 6:30 a.m., dispatch announced the closing of Station 8, and the opening of Station 11, which will house Engine 11 and Med 11.

The department plans to hold an official opening ceremony later in the spring.

Hear the dispatch call above.

The ball is officially rolling on the Hinesville (GA) Fire Department’s new station.

At 11 a.m. Wednesday, the ground-breaking ceremony was held.

The facility, approved in January, is being built at the same location as its predecessor.

Earlier: Hinesville (GA) Fire Department Getting New Station

The 17,000-square-foot station will be more than double the size of the last one, and will feature five drive-through bays, 13 dorm rooms, and an administrative building.

See the live stream above.

An on-duty female firefighter was shot dead outside of her Johannesburg station, east of Pretoria (South Africa), reports ewn.co.za.

The 59-year-old Sonile Mnguni received a phone call just after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and then she went outside to meet the other person, the report says.

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Her colleagues say they heard several gunshots, went outside, and found her body about 330 feet from the station.

Police are investigating, though it’s the latest in a string of similar crimes, the report says. Tembisa Hospital nurse Lebohang Monene was recently shot dead by her policeman boyfriend after he asked her to meet him in the hospital’s parking lot.